https://deploy-preview-705--carpentries-website.netlify.app/blog/tag/columbia-university/Recent content in Columbia University on The CarpentriesHugoen-usWed, 20 Nov 2024 10:51:28 -0500https://deploy-preview-705--carpentries-website.netlify.app/blog/2012/09/oslo-and-columbia/Sun, 30 Sep 2012 00:00:00 +0000https://deploy-preview-705--carpentries-website.netlify.app/blog/2012/09/oslo-and-columbia/<p><b>This post originally appeared on the <a href="https://software-carpentry.org/">Software Carpentry website.</a></b></p> <p>Here's some feedback from participants in our Oslo workshop:</p> <table> <tbody> <tr> <td valign="top"><strong>Good</strong> <ul> <li>Discovered a dishwasher</li> <li>Test-driven development</li> <li>Lots of anecdotes</li> <li>Power plugs and coffee!</li> <li>Jokes (no, really)</li> <li>Reminded me why I should use version control</li> <li>Inspirational</li> <li>Discovering the web page</li> <li>Not slaughtered by Vikings (yet)</li> <li>Good teaching skills</li> <li>Free!</li> </ul> </td> <td valign="top"><strong>Bad</strong> <ul> <li>Lunch at twelve, please</li> <li>Didn't cover SQL</li> <li>Need to show code and output side by side</li> <li>Couldn't keep up with typing</li> <li>Greg speaks too fast</li> <li>Not good context for some examples</li> <li>Matrix programming lacked exercises and examples</li> <li>More exercises please</li> <li>34 registered, 15 attended</li> <li>Tell us more about installation</li> <li>Lack of key point summaries</li> <li>Too short</li> </ul> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>And from our Columbia University workshop in New York City (see also <a href="http://columbiadatascience.wordpress.com/2012/10/01/on-language-religion-and-next-gen-data-scientists/">this great writeup</a> from the course instructor, Dr. Rachel Schutt):</p>